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AccessScience delivers the latest content of McGraw-Hill titles such as Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms as well as the full-text articles, biographies, and more.

Agriculture Collection provides a comprehensive view of agriculture and related fields. The database provides access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.

Alt Healthwatch is a full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers the latest information about the evolving practice of holistic medicine and therapies.

This resource includes over 8 billion searchable names, and from hundreds of reliable sources. NOTE: Ancestry Library Edition can only be accessed from one of Aurora Public Library's public computer workstations.

AtoZ World Food is the world's largest global food, culture, and recipes. AtoZ World Food has thousands of international recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, and essential culinary resources, AtoZ World Food brings international cuisines to you, from Albanian byrek to Zimbabwean matemba!

Aurora Seniors' Association provides services for residents of Aurora and non-residents, 55 years of age and older. Membership includes services and programs at the Aurora Seniors Centre as well as tours and excursions.

Over a million biographies from the world of business, science, literature, history, etc., using resources such as Gale’s Contemporary Authors; Encyclopedia of World Biography, Notable Scientists, Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television and Contemporary Musicians. Also available are full-text articles from Time, < Newsweek as well as other publications.

Britannica Library for Children delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. This includes a rich combination of the insightful Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.

Britannica Online delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. This included a rich combination of the insightful Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.

BizPaL is jointly managed by a partnership involving governments at the federal, provincial, territorial and municipal levels. Provinces, territories and hundreds of municipalities have collaborated together to provide you with the permits and licences that may be required to start and grow your business.

This version of The Canadian Encyclopedia, released in enhanced digital interactive form in October 2013, represents the latest incarnation of a project with a unique history. Since the first edition arrived in 1985, Canadians have held a claim few others can make: we have our own national encyclopedia. The idea of covering all branches of knowledge or aspects of a subject in one body of work dates back to 1728 in England. However, a bilingual national edition produced by, for and about the people of a single country, charting its events, culture, history and landscape, remains rare.

This resource provides authoritative automotive repair information and it is based on the popular Chilton Auto Repair Manuals. This resource contains thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.

ConsumerReports.org features Ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services in categories including appliances, cars, electronics and computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance, and travel.

This version of The Canadian Encyclopedia, released in enhanced digital interactive form in October 2013, represents the latest incarnation of a project with a unique history. Since the first edition arrived in 1985, Canadians have held a claim few others can make: we have our own national encyclopedia. The idea of covering all branches of knowledge or aspects of a subject in one body of work dates back to 1728 in England. However, a bilingual national edition produced by, for and about the people of a single country, charting its events, culture, history and landscape, remains rare.

Welcome to the online version of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada (DCB/DBC), a major research and publishing project of the University of Toronto and the Université Laval that was launched in 1959. Its purpose was and is to provide a reference work of Canadian biography to “compete with or even surpass works of a similar character produced elsewhere.” We invite you to visit us frequently to view the new biographies that we post online each week, as well as updated biographies. And we suggest that you explore the thematic groups of biographies we have prepared for you.

Registration at the Adult Information Desk is required to access this database but, with a username and password, you can access over 60,000 eBooks including literary classics and criticisms, computer science, business and history. There are also over 2,000 French Language and 1,500 Spanish Language titles available. Learn more about the library's download guides.

Download and enjoy free mp3 music from Sony Entertainment's music catalogue: thousands of titles are available. All the songs are free and you can keep them forever (DRM-free). Freegal has Apple and Android apps - download them here.

Gale Courses offers hundreds of free, college level courses focused on professional development, technology skills, and personal enrichment. Six-week long courses are taught entirely online by instructors, and new sessions begin every month. There are over 300 different courses available at no cost to you! (Please note that some course content, especially in relation to legal and tax requirements, is focused on United States).

Kids InfoBits is the perfect educational product for today's young learners. It's a content-rich, authoritative, easy-to-use resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics. It features a new, modern, graphical interface and improved navigation based on feedback from both our existing customers and student users. The design helps kids explore the product and gain comfort with database searching.

With new full-text proprietary content from trusted sources such as Blackbirch Press®, U•X•L, and more, the information is reliable and geared to fit the needs of today's young learners. Kids InfoBits addresses the way kids learn and conduct research – and makes it fun!

Gale Business Colllection covers all business disiplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, and business theory & practice. The resources sourced are business and trade publication as well as select international, U.S. and regional news publications.

LearningExpress Library Edition provides eLearning solutions for personal, academic and workplace success. Practice tests are available over 100 different skills, including the Canadian Citizenship practice test.

Students, law school faculty and legal researchers will all find the legal publications they need in LegalTrac®. Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac® provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac® is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac® also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.

Provides biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors. It includes more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.

Little Pim’s award-winning language program for kids makes it fun and easy for children ages 6 months to 6 years to learn a second language. With 10 languages to choose from, our proprietary method teaches your child 360 words and phrases. We live in an increasingly global world where learning a second language can give your child many advantages. Invest in their future…A little language goes a long way.

Lynda.com offers thousands of expert let video tutorials on a wide range of topics such as computer development, design, business, photography and marketing. When you create an account your progress through courses will be tracked, certificates of completion will be issued and the details can be uploaded to your LinkedIn account.

Mango Languages’ PhD-created and linguist-approved software teaches real conversations in over 60 languages and makes it fun; no snoozefests here. And with free mobile apps, learning through film, and the coolest promotional materials around, it's no wonder Mango is the most popular language-learning resource in public libraires.

MasterFILE Complete offers an extensive collection of the popular full-text magazines, journals, and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers, covering virtually every subject area of general interest.

NoveList K-8 Plus is a database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

Opposing Viewpoints covers the hottest current events topics such as capital punishment, narcotics control, bioethics, etc.: the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors.

[Powered by OverDrive Digital Library Reserve] Download digital e-books anytime and then transfer them to your portable device! Access 2,300-plus digital Audiobooks remotely or in the Library, download titles to your computer/laptop or the Library's Download Station, then transfer them to your iPOD, MP3 player or other audio device to enjoy hearing them at your leisure; requires a valid APL card barcode and PIN. (Brought to you by the Ontario Ministry of Culture through the Southern Ontario Library Service and Ontario Library Service-North). Need help getting started? Check out our Download Guides page.

Search over 2000 full text sources including Magazines, Newspapers, Books, and Media Transcripts available in the eLibrary resource as well as the ProQuest Historical Newspaper's The Toronto Star from 1894 and The Globe and Mail from 1844

rbDigital Comics brings unlimited access to some top brands of graphic novels and comics. Note: The User Name for your ComicsPlus account will be the same as your Zinio, InstantFlix, or LawDepot account and the User Name will be the email you used when the account was created.

Choose from over 7,500 eAudiobooks including hundreds of populary Children's, Young Adult and Canadiana titles. The eAudiobook titles are multi-access use so there’s no waiting for holds. There are also over 300 popular eBook titles. To access the RBdigital Magazines choose the York-Simcoe Library Consortium. To access Children's and Young Adult eAudiobooks you must access through the Aurora Public Library. You should be able to choose or change your settings in your profile on the RBdigital RB Digital has Apple and Android apps - download them here.

ReferenceCanada and ReferenceUSA allow you to search every Canadian or American business, compile marketing or supplier lists and locate potential employers. A search by type of business, location, number of employees, or sales volume takes seconds and supplies you with reliable information on virtually every company in Canada and includes names of owners and senior executives. You can also access a comprehensive directory of Canadian and American households.

Small Business Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines perfect for both business school students and entrepreneurs. The database offers content that includes insights, tips, strategies and success stories.

This is the official site of the Canadian Securities Administrators or CSA and provides the public access to all documents that Canadian public companies and investment funds are statutorily required to file including Annual Reports and Prospectuses.

You can understand more about Canadian culture and heritage today by understanding who some of Canadians' ancestors are, and how they settled Canada. When and why did people choose to come to Canada? How did they interact with the communities of people, both Aboriginal and immigrant, already living here? What traditions and beliefs did these different communities bring and share? This website showcases just some of the pictures and other documents that are part of Library and Archives Canada's collection.

Online collection of TumbleBooks, animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love. Also includes chapter books and nonfiction readers with narration and highlighting options.

Vocations and Careers Collection provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. The database offers current and applicable content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals

The Early World of Learning is the premier online resource for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades. Developed with experts on early childhood education, the Early World of Learning offers rich resources designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum.

The World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites.

APL members now have online access to more than 50 popular magazines, through Zinio an online magazine database. Enjoy titles such as The Economist, Shape, National Geographic and more. Subscribe today (for free) to this amazing and convenient magazine service. Need help getting started? Check out our Download Guides page. Please note that the Zinio for Libraries App will be discontinued on April 17, 2018. As a result, you will need to download the RBdigital app on your mobile device to access magazines. Your username and password will remain the same. You won't lose any of your previously checked out content.